The mission of I Recycle Scottsdale is encourage Scottsdale residents to recycle surplus items rather than allowing them to take up space in homes or businesses or end up in landfills. Several area businesses regularly accept items not typically included in the normal recycling bin, including old cell phones, CRT style TVs and prescription drugs.

Keep Scottsdale Beautiful (KSB) is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization and registered affiliate of Keep America Beautiful dedicated to engaging the community in service to promote a clean, green and sustainable Scottsdale. KSB’s pillars are: Beautify public places – Reduce, reuse, recycle – Educate the public – Protect the environment – Help fellow citizens. To find out more about Keep Scottsdale Beautiful, visit www.keepscottsdalebeautiful.org, or follow KSB on Facebook and Twitter.

KSB board member Emily Garzolini volunteering at I Recycle Scottsdale

Volunteers from the City of Scottsdale Solid Waste Department.

The City of Scottsdale offered tours of its garbage truck to kids of all ages.

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

The City of Scottsdale garbage truck

City of Scottsdale Garbage Truck

Westech Recyclers collected more than 5,000 pounds in old electronics, including CRT-style TVs.

Tyler Fingert , a multimedia journalist at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, helped document the festivities at I Recycle Scottsdale.

Treasurers 4 Teachers, an organization that collects classroom supplies for teachers, received several items in donations for area teachers in the valley.

Treasurers 4 Teachers’ donations

Treasurers 4 Teachers’ donations

I Recycle Scottsdale offered free paper shredding. In just four hours, Arizona Center for the Blind (a Recycle 1 company) shredded more than 20,000 pounds of paper.

Paper Shredding

Paper Shredding

Prestige Cleaners received more than 900 clothing hangers to be recycled and reused.

The City of Scottsdale Police department collected more than 100 pounds of old and expired prescription drugs.

The City of Scottsdale Police

The Scottsdale Lion’s Club collected hundreds of pairs of eyeglasses, eyeglass cases, lenses and more.